FARM PROFITS. 9 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM AREA. : 
The farms averaged 158 acres, approximately one-half of which 
was used for pasture and one-fourth for growing crops. Of the 
OPEN PASTURE 
ESS UNTILLABLE}SNoT TILLABLE [77777 WOODLAND 
CROP LAND 4WOODLAND WL NOT PASTURED 
ae TILLABLE {1 PERMANENT WASTE, ROADS, 
Kt PASTURE 2 ROTATION BUILDING LOTS ETC. 
YEAR 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 
1918 AVERAGE YEAR 
Fic. 2.—Distribution of farm area on 25 farms, Palmer township, Washington County, Ohio, 1912-1918. 
A large proportion of the farm area is not adapted to cultivation. 
crop land, one-fourth was in corn, one-fourth in small grains, mainly 
wheat, and one-half in hay. 
In figure 2 the distribution of the farm area is shown graphically 
for the average of the 25 farms over the period of study. During 
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